Geneticist

A geneticist is a biologist or physician who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms.^[1] A geneticist can be employed as a scientist or a lecturer. Geneticists may perform general research on genetic processes or develop genetic technologies to aid in the pharmaceutical or and agriculture industries.^[1] Some geneticists perform experiments in model organisms such as Drosophila, C. elegans, zebrafish, rodents or humans and analyze data to interpret the inheritance of biological traits. A basic science geneticist is a scientist who usually has earned a PhD in genetics and undertakes research and/or lectures in the field. A medical geneticist is a physician who has been trained in medical genetics as a specialization and evaluates, diagnoses, and manages patients with hereditary conditions or congenital malformations; and provides genetic risk calculations and mutation analysis.

Education

Geneticists participate in courses from many areas, such as biology, chemistry, physics, microbiology, cell biology, bioinformatics, and mathematics. They also participate in more specific genetics courses such as molecular genetics, transmission genetics, population genetics, quantitative genetics, ecological genetics, epigenetics, and genomics.

Careers

Geneticists can work in many different fields, doing a variety of jobs. There are many careers for geneticists in medicine, agriculture, wildlife, general sciences, or many other fields.

Listed below are a few examples of careers a geneticist may pursue.

References

^ ^a ^b Echaore-McDavid, Susan (2008). Career Opportunities in Science. Infobase Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-1438117157.

[:0-1] Echaore-McDavid, Susan (2008). Career Opportunities in Science. Infobase Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-1438117157.

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v t e Genetics
Introduction Outline History Timeline Index Glossary
Key components	Chromosome DNA RNA Genome Heredity Nucleotide Mutation Genetic variation Allele Amino acid
Fields	Classical Conservation Cytogenetics Ecological Immunogenetics Microbial Molecular Population Quantitative
Archaeogenetics of	Africa the Americas the British Isles Europe Italy the Middle East South Asia
Related topics	Behavioural genetics Epigenetics Geneticist Genome editing Genomics Genetic code Genetic engineering Genetic diversity Genetic monitoring Genetic genealogy Heredity He Jiankui affair Medical genetics Missing heritability problem Molecular evolution Plant genetics Population genomics Reverse genetics
Lists	List of genetic codes List of genetics research organizations
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